Broom-head.



No. 866,231.. PAT-EDITED SEPT.1'7, 1907. E. R. SIMPSON & W. L. MARTIN. BROOM HEAD INKENTORS 1 lZzm/fi iii/ppm) By ZWL/Ilmm.

Attorney WllA/ES UNITED STATES PATENT oEE1oE.

EDWARD R. SIMPSON, OF EDDYVILLE, AND WILLIAM L. MARTIN, OF LOUISVILLE, KEN TUOKY.

BROOM-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed February 11, 1907. Serial No- 356,813.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD R. SIMPSON and WIL- LIAM L. MARTIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Eddyvillc and Louisville, in the counties of Lyon and Jefferson, respectively, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Heads, of which the following. is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a larly to the binding or securing band applied to retain the straws in position.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction of band to surround the broom straws, and of means for securing this band in position comprising a binding wire passed through the band and having its free ends inserted in the body of the broom.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of guard plate adapted to extend from the band to the head of the broom and slitted so that its free ends may be overlapped to form a curved or arched structure to fit the head of the broom and protect the straws at that point from injury by contact with objects when sweeping, and also to assist in retaining them in proper position against longitudinal movement at that point.

In the drawing-Figure l is an elevation of one side of a broom with the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of the band; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the binding wire; Fig. 6 is a plan of the blank for the guard plate; Fig. 7 is a similar view of the blank for the band, and Fig. 8 is a perspective of the guard plate when arched.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the several views of the drawing.

The numeral 1 designates .a broom of any desired character or configuration having at its upper portion the handle 2. Surrounding the body of straw is a securing and holding band 3 formed of a single blank of material, as shown in Fig. 7, and having at one end a tongue 4 and at the opposite end 'a slit 5 to receive this tongue when the band is assembled. At the tongue end of the band inwardly projecting lips 6 are cut from the body thereoi and extend in an opposite direction from the tongue 4 and are adapted to enter the slits 7 disposed parallel with the slit 5 at that end of the band. The band is also provided with the apertures 8 adapted broom head, and particu- I to receive the body of the binding wire 9 when it is passed through the band and broom, and intermediate of these apertures are the apertures 10 which are designed to receive the free ends 11 of the binding wire. It will be seen that when the band is folded into position, as shownin Fig. 4, the apertures 8 are practically in alinement, and the apertures 10 are disposed at one side of the band so that the free ends of the wire 9 pass therethrough, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The arrangement of the tongue 4 and the locking lips 6 absolutely preventaccidental disengagement of the ends of the band and retain it firmly in position. The binding Wire extends entirely across one side of the band and thence through the same to the opposite side where the ends overlap each other and are then passed into the body which effectually secures them in, position.

The guard plate 12 is formedfrom a V-shaped blank, as shown in Fig. 6, and is provided with the slit 13 extending inward from the apex thereof thus leaving the free ends or portions 14 which when overlapped, as shown in Fig. 8 produce an arch conforming to the cur vature of the broom. This plate extends between the band and top of the broom and may be secured in position in any desired manner, for instance, the overlapping ends 14 may be passed beneath the binding wire 15 and thus held, while a nail, rivet or other connection '16 is adapted to secure the opposite plates to the upper edge of the head.

In the use of the invention, the band is first applied to the body of the broom straws in the usual position and the tongue engaged with the slits thereof so as to positively prevent accidental disengagement of the free ends of the band, while the band is held against longitudinal movement on the broom by means of the binding wire inserted therethrough, and the guard plate is connected to the upper end of the band and secured to the,head of the broom. This plate as constructed forms an arched body conforming to the shape of the broom and preventing the breakage of the straws at the upper portion thereof, as in the use of the broom the side thereof is presented in the sweeping action so that the V-shaped plate affords the necessary protection, and the securing means for the straws at the point where injury is probable and avoids the use of any unnecessary material which adds to the weight of the broom and the expense of constructing the same. It is therefore obvious that this invention provides a simple, economical and efiicient binding and protecting means for the head of a broom.

Having described our invention and set forth its merits what We claim and desire to secure by Letters seaas i ward from its apex to form free ends adapted to be overlapped, and means for retaining saidends in overlapped 15 contact to provide an arched plate.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD R. SIMPSON. WILLIAM L. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

W. N. CUMMINS, JAMES F. RAMEY, L. G. BORSCHNECK, .T. B. MCCORMICK. 

